Barbed wire handling device



J. LACHT Oct. 24, 1939.

I BARBED WIRE HANDLING DEVICE Filed 001;. l, 1937 mm m @f HHMW H Z mm H t Patented Oct. 24, 1939 j-UNITED STATES PATENT oFFieE BARBED WIRE HANDLING DEVICE Julius Lacht, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application October 1,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in barbed wire handling devices and has particular reference to a device for'unreeling barbed wire.

A further object is to provide means for mechanically and quickly placing several strands of wire upon fence posts. A further object is to produce a device of this character which is positive in action, one which will handle the ordinary reel of barbed wire, and one which may be easily transported from place to place.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the. course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in Which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Barbed wire is exceedingly difiicult to handle due to the fact that it becomes tangled; and due to its very nature, will cut the hands of a person in an endeavor to untangle the same. Consequently, most persons are adverse to stringing barbed wire by hand.

I have produced a device for stringing the wire,

whereby the manual handling of the same is,

practically eliminated.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a framehaving a forward supporting wheel 6. A hooked member 1 which may be attached to a tractor or other pulling medium is secured to and extends forwardly from the frame, as best shown in Figure 2. This frame is divided into several sections, the outermost of which carries ground engaging wheels 8 and 9, and within each section is placed a spool, as shown at ll, [2, and I3, upon which spool the barbed wire is wound, and from which it is unreeled through funnel shaped guides I4.

In order to mount the reels and control their rotation, I provide a removable shaft [6, which extends through the hub of each wheel and is supported in the-frame 5. In order to prevent too rapid unwindingof the wire upon the reels and to also accommodate for the varying widths of the reels, I provide friction plates l1 and I8, which friction plates engage the sides of the reels with sufficient pressure to accomplish the desired result. These plates are mounted upon the shaft l6 and have hub portions l9 which extend 1937, Serial No. 166,895

into bearings 2| secured to the frame as best shown in Figure 2. A spring 22 tends to push these hub portions away from each other, thus forcing the plates against the reels. Pins 23, sliding in slots 24 formed in the bearings, permit 5 the plates to move but keep the same from rotating, thus placing the desired friction or braking effect upon each of the reels.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be 10 taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A wire handling device comprising a wheeled frame, a plurality of transversely arranged bearings secured to said frame, a removable shaft extending through said bearings, a plurality of reels for carrying rolls of wire and mounted for rotation on said shaft, certain of said bearings having springs therein sleeved upon the shaft, cooperating friction discs provided with hubs mounted on said shaft upon opposite sides of the springs for the latter to urge the discs against the sides of said reels, and means carried by the hubs and extending into the last mentioned hearings to allow lateral movement of said discs along said shaft, but preventing rotation of said discs, whereby resistance is imposed upon said reels to retard movement thereof, yet allowing rotary slippage of the reels independently of each other to compensate for varying diameters of rolls of Wire on said reels.

2. A wire handling device comprising a wheeled frame, a plurality of transversely arranged end and intermediate bearings secured to said shaft, a removable shaft extending through said bearings, reels for carrying rolls of wire and mounted for rotation on said shaft between said bearings, the intermediate bearings having slots therein, spring urged friction clutch elements including opposed discs provided with hubs mounted on the shaft and in the intermediate bearings, with the discs frictionally bearing against said reels, pins extending from the hubs of the discs and into said slots to allow lateral movement of the discs but preventing rotation thereof, whereby resistance is imposed upon said reels to retard turning movement thereof, yet allowing rotary slippage of the reels independently of each other to compensate for varying diameters of rolls of wire on said reels.

the discs frictionally bearing against said reels, and parallel pins carried by said hubs and slidably mounted in said slots to allow lateral movement of the discs, but preventing rotation thereof, whereby resistance is imposed upon said reels to retard turning movement thereof, yet allowing rotary slippage of the reels independently of each other to compensate for varying diameters .of rolls of wire on said reels.

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